CHAPLE ROW FARM, CRIPPS FARM, BRADFIELD, BERKSHIRE and MALT HOUSE FARM, BEENHAM, BERKSHIRE COLLECTION

Contains: Account book of the Bradfield and Beenham Social Club 1924-1939; farm diaries of Malt House Farm 1918-1940; ledger of Chaple Row Farm, 1866-1876, Cripps Farm and Malt House Farm, 1928-1950

The donor started work at the farm in 1930 to assist the widow of the previous occupants, S.J. Godwin. He became a partner in 1950 and assumed sole tenancy on the death of his partner in 1955. Although the records have been carefully kept, the donor considers that the farm was unambitiously managed and insufficiently productive in the thirties. It was only with difficulty that he persuaded his employer to take up the retailing of milk in 1935.

Estate unknown, probably near Bradfield, co. Berks; Malt House Farm: 89 acres; gravel soils; tenant to Sir Edward Freeling

1 BOOKS OF ACCOUNT

2 DIARIES

3 LEDGERS

Open for consultation

Presented on permanent deposit October 1965 (Farm Records Accession number 35)

Compiled by Caroline Gould, January 2003

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